More than 650 pre-emptive arrests,combined with failings by the authorities, fuel arouse in black community ‘similar to that of 1985 Broadwater Farm riots’After 51 years of controversy and celebration, or Europe’s biggest street party – the Notting Hill carnival – opens nowadays against one of the most politicised backdrops in its history.
Tensions surround its start following more than 650 pre-emptive arrests by police and simmering disquiet over the apparent failings of the authorities after June’s devastating fire at Grenfell Tower,where at least 80 people died. Its blackened shell stands close to the official carnival route.
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Source: theguardian.com